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ONLINE POLL
Do you believe the Senate should pursue its investigation on the controversial state of the OWWA funds?

Over the years, many sectors have, time and again, questioned the government's handling of the OFWs' funds which is now estimated to have reached P8 billion. Renewed public suspicion is fueled by the government's dismal response to the plight of OFWs trapped in the Israel-Lebanon conflict, described by Senator Joker Arroyo as "criminal indifference."
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Dual citizens can vote – SC
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FOR KILLING MY SON.
The father (right) of slain RPN-9 cameraman Ralph Ruñez slaps Hernani Magnayon in the face after he was arrested and escorted by a policeman on their way to the Caloocan City police station last Thursday night. (Pol Briana Jr.)
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214 pass veterinarian examination
spacer The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced yesterday that 214 out of 565 passed the Veterinarian Licensure Examination given by the Board of Veterinary Medicine in Manila this August.
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Inflation eases to 6.4% in July, lowest in 2 years
spacer The country’s year-on-year inflation rate eased to its lowest level in two years at 6.4 percent in July due to falling food prices, raising the prospect that interest rates will remain on hold.
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The Supreme Court (SC) ruled yesterday that Filipinos who have become citizens of other countries but who have retained or re-acquired their Philippine citizenship, or those called dual citizens, can now vote in the elections under the system of absentee voting.

In a full court unanimous decision written by Justice Cancio C. Garcia, the SC said that "considering the unison intent of the Constitution and the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 (Republic Act No. 9189) and the expansion of the scope of that law with the passage of the Citizenship...
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4 suspects in killing of TV news cameraman arrested
spacer Director General Oscar C. Calderon, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), yesterday announced the arrest of the alleged gunman and his three cohorts — two of them policemen — in the killing of mediaman Ralph Nuñez last July 28.
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Focus on super economy rather than super maids — Pimentel & Pangilinan
spacer If plans push thru, the Philippines will have another dollar-churning export, the so-called "Super Maids."
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Pacquiao ponders politics as future option
spacer MANNY PACQUIAO is still undecided whether to run as vice-mayor of Manila next year, but there were signs that he is weighing his options one of them a political career after boxing.
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Jackie Chan opens coffee chain in Manila
spacer NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — International martial arts superstar Jackie Chan arrived in the country yesterday afternoon to meet with officials of the Philippine National Red Cross and to finalize plans of opening branches of his Jackie’s Java Coffee chain.
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2006-08-04
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SHARES AVE CH VALUE
PHISIX 2,362.6 UP 5.1
ALLSHARES 1,452.3 UP 1.7
MINOIL 4,670.3 UP 57.4
SVC 1,199.6 UP 14.7
PTY 1,004.8 DOWN 4.8
HF 1,159.2 DOWN 13.1
CI 3,130.3 UP 19.2
FIN 722.6 DOWN 0.4
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WEATHER
Bicol region and the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Sunrise 5:40 am
Sunset 6:24 pm
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